"We Don't Talk About Bruno" Is one of Disney's Best Musical Numbers Yet

[@SchaffrillasProductions]

This is my favorite song from Encanto too (even if it doesn't quite compare to the supreme glory of Shiny)

[@TequilaToothpick]

Yeah, because this one is better and isn't pointless filler.

[@luciforister7195]

Tamatoa and his lyrical magic will always reign supreme

[@IfyouBelleve]

Lol

[@galaxiegoddess]

@@TequilaToothpick Schafrillas has already explained the way Tamatoa and his song adds to the movie thematically, and to adds to Moanas journey as a whole. I think the coconut things are more filler lmao, I always forget that happens

[@mc-hamhead3417]

Oh! Hi.

[@DisneyFanatic2364]

Fun fact: Bruno's original name was Oscar, but was changed purely for this lyric: "We don't talk about Bruno-no-no-no." Could you imagine it being, "We don't talk about Oscar-car-car-car?"

[@bobithenross455]

He does look like an oscar

[@ohellyea23]

To be fair, Disney seems to hate on people named Bruno. Like in Luca. "Silencio Bruno"

[@aquabotstudios4444]

@disneyfanatic For real?

[@boo9781]

@@bobithenross455 like a lot, he looks just like an Oscar

[@DrBrunoRecipes]

😂😂

[@Salamencee]

They didn't talk about Bruno, they sang about him

[@Salamencee]

Also can we all agree Camilo's part is one of, if not the best part in this song

[@REDOYSTERCULT302]

I like the part where they all sing at once

[@cronfort]

"HE DIDN'T SAY I COULDN'T SIIINNGGGGG"

[@jakeagledaeagle]

Another win for good ol’ technicality

[@niveapatrocinioananiasoliv7560]

ironic!

[@rhyskallins5862]

Another thing I noticed In Dolores’s verse was the amplified ambient noise, like the footsteps when she and Mirabel dance, clothing rustling and even air whooshing when she tilts her head. It provides a really neat look into what life is like for her with her gift, and it all sounds amazing with the song.

[@acanimatics906]

In her concept art she's drawn with lots of different instruments. Whish they'd kept her as a musician it'd make sense since with her gift she'd have perfect pitch. Playing music could also help her drown out noises if it gets too much.

[@liamf6193]

I also noticed something at the beginning of the movie. When everybody cheers after Antonio receives his gift, you can see Dolores put her hands over her ears. It's an interesting thing I saw.

[@justanothergamingyoutuber8179]

@@acanimatics906 I mean, it doesn’t matter how well you hear how good you are at music. One of the most popular pianists was literally deaf.

[@acanimatics906]

@@justanothergamingyoutuber8179 Good for them, that's really awesome! I just think that hearing what you're playing makes it easier to be on pitch. /gen

[@73frogs]

@@liamf6193 her hands are over her ears during the house cracking later on too!!!

[@genesischaparro8954]

"we don't talk about Bruno" is such a bop, Bruno himself bops to it during Dolores' part

[@gwenethp511]

He's glowing green though so I don't think it's actually him, just the shape-shifted version

[@PrincessofEllabur]

@@gwenethp511 not the part Geniesis means but when Dorles first singing part.

[@avelogtvlog5420]

@@gwenethp511 I hadn't even considered this, that does make a lot of sense since Camilo seems to base his interpretation of Bruno's appearance around a type of boogeyman

[@superkamiguru4615]

@@gwenethp511 especially since it immediately transitions to Camilo’s verse as he’s shapeshifting into Bruno 😍 such great detail 👌🏼

[@Anonymous-xi1sp]

you can actually see bruno walking around in the background during dolores' part, which is why she's keeping maribel from looking behind them!!

[@StonedHunter]

As someone who learned modeling and animation I can promise you that one small bit with Camilo's shifting into and out of Bruno definitely took days if not weeks and likely caused at least one person working on it to cry.

[@Jr837_]

Man, im not even familiar with 3d modeling/animation, but even i can see this being pure pain to the animators

[@noodle6852]

I absolutely loved how it was done, I don’t know the ins and outs, but while I was doing an edit, I noticed there straight up isn’t any smears or anything, he just switched entirely between two frames with the exception of his hair and clothes doing the same in a different one, it makes it look so snappy and bouncy- it’s just 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

[@astraregulus2672]

@@noodle6852 Yes! His shapeshifting, at least to Bruno from what I've been able to notice, is just a perfectly hidden model switch, it changes as he moves. It takes one frame for one to be turned into another, but it's so well done that you don't even notice unless you watch it frame by frame.

[@noodle6852]

@@astraregulus2672 it’s so great! They do it for all his transitions, I thought it was pretty cool so I went back and checked and every one is done that way

[@SpagettiSpeltWrong]

Multiple times, once durring the process because it was so hard to make, and again because it was so amazing once it was done.

[@DemiTrusdale3]

As someone probably mentioned… Bruno was hiding in the background during Dolores’ part. Later on in the movie, he also expressed grief over the things they sang about, such as the dead fish. And the townspeople’s misfortunes.

[@wilwhy7354]

I thought that was Camilo because his eyes were glowing and that only happens when he’s doing his visions and Camilo’s part is right after Delores so even though it could really be Bruno I doubt it actually is

[@DemiTrusdale3]

@@wilwhy7354 it’s probaby head canon on my part, but. I thought that Delores could hear Bruno, so she tried to pull mirabel away and whisper her part, but Bruno could still hear and jam to the commotion, and might have tried to move in closer, due to her whispering. I think Camilo was already closer by to shapeshift for mirabel, and that that Bruno got into range just in time to hear the villagers complain But it’s just a guess, as he later used the villagers specific complaints to self pity to mirabel. Something about how he makes bad things happen, abd killed a pet fish, iirc.

[@werecoth]

@@wilwhy7354 Camilo's eyes as Bruno are always green but they never glow. We only see Bruno's eye as green when he uses his powers, yet they always glow when green. So couldn't say

[@Rosa-he6xb]

It’s funny how you can see him on the balcony and at the end of Dolores’ verse, he’s bopping his head to it.

[@peacefulinvasion684]

Sad part is I could tell by the bowl alone it wasn't brunos fault the fish died.

[@lek1223]

what makes this extra fire is that, not only is it a banger song, but it progresses the plot, which, to be fair, is common for disney songs, but it for me always elevates a song over one that is just a 'song'

[@JonahWho]

yeah

[@itisindeedaverysavvystudio]

it’s just a song an inefficient way to move the story along IM DONE

[@GreySeashell-j3m]

@@itisindeedaverysavvystudio aight

[@12345678abracadabra]

@@itisindeedaverysavvystudio you never took musical theatre theory 101 lol

[@JonahWho]

@@itisindeedaverysavvystudio hey, but it’s super fun

[@cecerafferty5570]

Okay but let's talk about Felix - watch his expressions during this number, listen to his lines. "Our wedding day", compared to Pepa's "my wedding day". "What a joyous day but anyway". This man adores his wife so much, he doesn't see his wedding as having been ruined at all, probably every drop of rain in that storm was something he treasured just because they were Pepa's raindrops. He probably doesn't get to reminisce fondly about his wedding often because it upsets Pepa but it was obviously among the very happiest days of his life.

[@TheArtPaige76]

I totally love his personality shining in this song! He's a good contrast to Pepa, and just the sort of husband that she needs. So sweet!

[@thecosplaycrafter8017]

Felix is a total dream, honestly. He seems like an amazing husband.

[@LeilaAMMartin]

Felix is husband goals, he's my favorite

[@thecosplaycrafter8017]

@@LeilaAMMartin He's just the right combination of wacky and adoring to fit right in with the family Madrigal even without having a gift himself as a non-blood relation.

[@swimmyswim417]

I just love his body language at the very beginning, especially with that little shrug and squint. He wants to get in on the family gossip, but doesn’t want to talk over Pepa and her feelings about her brother.

[@chispychisp1690]

Fun fact!! Camilos voice actor was never a trained singer. So his part it just actually pure talent!!

[@solicoli]

seven foot frame rats along his back 🐭 when he calls your name it all turns to black ⚫️ yea he see ur dreams and feasts on ur screams 💀

[@SpagettiSpeltWrong]

@@solicoli We Don't Talk about Brunoooo!🤫

[@mairasann]

@@SpagettiSpeltWrong NO NO NO we don't talk about brunoOOOO

[@crashandburnie5548]

I’m so jealous

[@theywalkinguptoyouand4060]

Camilo is so good. His movements and voice so nice. Cute second only to Bruno

[@BHStudios01]

I have to agree, Camilo NEEDS his own short or something. His part in the song just HITS, and honestly, I feel like the animators put just a bit more umpff into his transitions between himself and his Bruno form. The hair swish and bounce, and even his hand movements, so minute but so SMOOTH and natural feeling.

[@Lycan4]

Camilo was just a complete treat through out the whole movie. I loved his energy and playful nature, and I also agree that he needs his own short.

[@Rosa-he6xb]

I just ask for one short where this boy can sing his heart out Disney! Also let his big sister and little brother join in too as they didn’t get to sing that much in the film.

[@Lycan4]

Now that I think about it, I wonder if Disney is surprised that a character that barely shows up in the movie had become so popular. lolz.

[@byronheath8925]

@@Lycan4 Same thing happened in Phantom Menace with Darth Maul, and Empire Strikes Back with Bobo Fett. Both characters had only a few minutes screen time, but were so popular the studios finally resurrected them.

[@ihateyoube]

if je was given his own short it would probably be bad 😭😭

[@varying-quality-creations]

I noticed also that at that point when Isabella was singing about what Bruno had told her, it sounds at first different from the rest of the stories about him. He told them all about misfortunes that would be happening, but here he was just like 'you're life is perfect and all your dreams would come true'. It hits as weirdly different compared to the rest of them until you get to her song and you realize that her whole thing is that she doesn't WANT to be perfect, but is only acting that way for the sake of her family. Now that I think about it it is a really good bit of foreshadowing. I love this movie because everything ties into itself so good. Edit: thanks for +2k likes folks!

[@werecoth]

Well notably he never used the word perfect, just that the life of her dreams would be hers some day and that her powers would grow. Notably both things she started to move towards during her songbwhile freeing her self from the expectations of perfection the world placed on her.. So it's actually even more enteresting as she actually still took his vision as negative chains confining her to her fate, which is why she has that end voice. Yet his vision was truly positive for her as it was realized by her throwing off the chains of perfection.

[@benjisaac]

in the spanish version isabela says that her gift will “mature” more specifically rather than “grow like grapes” (which implies maturation but it’s more literal) and I would say during what else could I do Isabela matures a lot as a person so that’s pretty cool

[@varying-quality-creations]

@@werecoth Yeah it makes me think about just how many other prophecies he might've told that were neutral or positive but interpreted as negative because he's Bruno and "everyone always assumes the worst". Also how many people never listened to the full story apart from what was told on the "vision-glass" thing. We see that there was more to the story when he replays the same vision for Mirabel, the ending glass only changing when she points out the butterfly in that scene.

[@kimberlyterasaki4843]

I personally saw it as her trying to reassure her that even if she married a man that she didn't love that her uncle promised she'd be happy.

[@funkycrawler619]

I think you also have to juxtapose it to Dolores's line next. Dolores's prophecy specifically stated "man of her dreams" while Isabella's prophecy was "Life of her dreams" which implies that Isabella truly did not want to marry than man for the life of her dreams (and IMO maybe not necessarily a man but that's a different conversation) and I interpreted the "grapes on a vine" line as that there are different kinds of grapes just as there are plants but Isabella was always stuck growing roses. The moment she grew things not roses her life flourished and I found that beautiful.

[@imanicarter4422]

when they are dancing around the table singing their verses you can see Camilo dragging Luisa to dance with them and she just walks looking tired and like she's about to cry

[@slimjim5274]

I didn’t notice that

[@slimjim5274]

But it did notice that the woman with the fish transforms into Dolores

[@Rosa-he6xb]

Sad vibin Luisa oof dang Camilo. Man though I’m so glad she got to rest at the end and didn’t have to feel pressure anymore.

[@sdgaara2]

This movie is filled with fun little background events like that. It’s great!

[@WlfToboe]

If you listen closely to the ending of the song you can hear Isabella sing, "And I'm fine, and I'm fine, and I'm fine, I'm fine" but her face looks distraught//

[@judeeeeeeeee]

I kinda noticed in Camilo's verse that he very much described Bruno as almost monstrous "Seven-foot frame, rats along his back" which makes sense because bruno left when he was five. All he really remembers is his uncle that seemed to bring bad luck, and the tiny little bit that he heard from his family. It makes sense that his child mind made the boogieman, and that just kinda stuck. (He also could have just been trying to mess with his cousin lol) I only noticed this because I knew that Bruno wasn't really that much taller than Mirabel

[@TheNyleve16]

Also as a little kid he could have seen him sneaking around the house and since Bruno would only interact with the rats inside the walls he could have seen him carry some of them. The fact that he portrayed Bruno with green eyes without ever knowing him and Bruno's gift of future sight makes his eyes glow green could mean he saw him accidentally while he was trying to use his gift.

[@auroraread1897]

I’m pretty sure Camilo is older than Mirabel because her gift ceremony was stated to be the most recent one and Camilo has his powers already

[@judeeeeeeeee]

@@auroraread1897 yeah he is. Iirc one of the creators released their ages and he was only a couple of months older than mirabel, so still pretty young when Bruno left

[@lolymop333]

@@auroraread1897 He would have been around 5 when Bruno left.

[@lolymop333]

Ja, I have personal experience with this kind of thing. Not with a person, but with stairs. I have bathmophobia (a phobia of stairs). When I was itty bitty, the eye doctor that I went to had those old creaky metal grate stairs that you can see through with gaps between each step leading up to the office as well as stretching down to a basement level where the lights were always off. The memory I always had of those stairs was that they were super steep, there were a lot of them, they were hardly stable, the railing was wobbly, and they spiralled down into an endless black pit. The feeling of going up them was sort of like those bridge scenes where the hero has to cross a long ragged rope bridge over a ridiculous fall and the planks of wood can barely handle their weight. Of course, in reality, there weren't that many steps and it was just a normal staircase. I would have been between the ages 3-6 when I was going to that office. We moved after that. That memory warped completely out of proportion in my mind, clearly. And I still have a phobia of stairs.

[@danielschmaderer]

The song is an absolute masterpiece. The overlapping vocal part was so well written. The movie was actually surprisingly really really good. Camilo and Bruno are the absolute best in the movie.

[@jormungandrworldserpent6437]

Polyphony 😍

[@Sabrina-hb3sm]

lol camilo barely had any screen time. so many great female main characters were in that movie and yet they're completely disregarded

[@xxboba_sodaxx3231]

I love Bruno and Camilo too 😀

[@danielschmaderer]

@@Sabrina-hb3sm I honestly liked every character in some form or another. Camilo and Bruno were my absolute favorite, but I liked Isabela more than I thought I would by the end with how unhappy she felt trying to be perfect, but not wanting that on her shoulders. Luisa was just a bad ass and I honestly connected with the burden she feels on a personal level in my own life. Dolores has some amazing vocals in this particular song and really complemented Camilo’s part very well. Peppa and Felix were such an awesome couple and played off each other very well. Julieta and Agustin played the loving parents in the best possible way. Antonio was just an awesome kid and was lovable beyond all belief. Maribel and Abuela had a relationship that felt so real and was also something I personally experienced. I can go on more than I already have, but the point is that each character was well written and didn’t get enough screen time minus Abuela and Maribel.

[@danielschmaderer]

@@xxboba_sodaxx3231 they were both just well written. Camilo had such an awesome part in this particular song.

[@flormaneiro1925]

I love how this song gives an insight into Bruno's original personality, as the funny uncle. All the mentioned prophesies weren't actually future foreshadowing but him just jocking around. In Pepa's case he wanted to light up the mood and she took it too literally. And to the townspeople it was just very generic and silly things: grow a gut or lose hair. Even the fish, I mean... If you go around shaking your fish it will die. However, because of his power he ended up being taken too seriously and then being rejected. That plus the 10 years living alone resulting in him being gloomy and awkward. Instead, the real prophesies were those of Dolores and Isabela. And both became truth but not in the way they had imagined.

[@werecoth]

Well Delores was straight up proven false or changed. As the Man of her dreams never became betrothed to another. That said if Bruno's vision was of the Proposal for Isabella's hand, and not that it would fail, it could have been a misinterpretation of the vision. As its made clear Bruno doesn't have full awareness of the circumstances of what he sees.

[@Anastasia-fj2xu]

@@werecoth I wouldn't say that Dolores' prophecy was proven false, but rather it was vague and misinterpreted to begin with much like all of his prophesies. We've seen that his visions aren't set in stone and are a subject to change depending on if something is being done to bring about a different outcome. It's just that people settle on deciding that this version of events is final or they interpret it differently (like Isabella's vision - she did get the life of her dreams, just not in a way everyone assumed she would). If we look at Dolores' prophecy not from the angle of "you won't get the man of your dreams because he'll be betrothed to another" but from an angle of "the man who's going to betrothed (not married) to another (your cousin) *is* the man of your dreams" it makes more sense in the final outcome. As for actual betrothal never happening, I'd say it's just a technicality since by that point the entire town was convinced they were going to marry and all that was left was just a formality.

[@kuddlecat]

@@werecoth i mean they were soon to be engaged which is the meaning of bethroted, so the prophecy was true in that sense. Bruno never said the man of her dreams would be MARRIED to another

[@AD_RC]

@@Anastasia-fj2xu and when Bruno and Mirabel are seeing the prophecy he says "I don't know, it's all out of order" rings a bell?

[@gordonramsayslambsauce]

@@werecoth The whole point was that the future of the family was going to be determined by how Mirabel acted. If she didn't do what she did, Isabela would have gotten married and Dolores would have to watch Mariano get married

[@mikei6605]

I'm not even that into Disney but I came across this song and have been listening to it obsessively on repeat the song is literally that good. (edit: I commented when this video had 700 views congrats on getting like 200k! lol)

[@frytoes]

I know right?? I haven't seen a Disney film in years but this song is sooo good. I love the part at the end where they're all singing at the same time. How did they make multiple people singing at once sound good??

[@galaxymoonlqght3732]

@@frytoes dude! Did you not have a childhood

[@frytoes]

@@galaxymoonlqght3732 lol I did, it was just spent watching Cartoon Network and playing on a DS

[@OReily08080]

Right, I've been listening to it nonstop. I wake up singing it in my head

[@ggiazalea]

Oh my- I thought I was the only one 💀

[@teapartypenguin1353]

I like how to choreography in the video looks directly out of a stage play's choreography. A lot of musicals will have number where they get across that the scene has shifted to a new place, but since this is animated, they can convey that in a literal sense. And during Isabela's verse in which everyone else is doing a slow arm lowering move around her as she descends. I can imagine it being re-created on a stage almost identically with only a few modifications. Idk if any other disney ensemble songs are similar in that way.

[@brianmolina8818]

Exactly -- I felt that when I first saw it. It looks very theatrical, especially with the choreography, layout, and the camera angles!

[@polymathart]

Look at Non-Stop, Hurricane, and The Reynolds Pamphlet from Hamilton.

[@brianmolina8818]

@@polymathart I remember seeing the musical live in San Francisco a couple of years ago, thinking about it I really like a lot elements of Miranda's songwriting style that I notice there and here - the layering of the vocals, and how he writes many of the melodic lines ☺

[@joselynvifquain9406]

It totally feels like you could fully stage this and barely make any changes to the choreography

[@whorcruxed]

There's actually a video I saw recently where real people are dancing on this song which was shot likely before this song was animated. So, that makes sense when they actually used live dance by real people before animating it, even clothes movement including. That video exactly seems like you're watching stage play or some musical. Edit : here's that video kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWHLiKhrg6eGirs 3:50 onwards.

[@cielo987]

one of my favorite parts of this song is when they are all singing together but towards the end, the lyrics for Isabela and Dolores change. They both begin chanting "I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm Fine" "I'm fine, I'm fine, I'll be fine" some very nice foreshadowing or insight to their true feelings and I love how unless you're paying attention to it, you'd miss it

[@swiftwolf2950]

Oh my gosh, they do! That’s such a good detail. Thanks for bringing it up!

[@Ojo10]

It also mirrors Mirabel's I'm not fine I'm not fine in her song waiting on a miracle.

[@crestren5996]

Oh dont forget when the climax of the song hits with them dancing around Mirabel, if you look closely at Isabela's expression, shes not happy when she says "Ill be fine". She looks anxious and worried, trying to convince herself that she will be fine eventhough she doesnt want to do it and is not happy with it.

[@Arosukir6]

I didn't catch that! Amazing!

[@Yaqins]

Didn't know this, thanks for pointing that out 💪

[@sparxstreak02]

To me, Isabela’s shitty treatment of Mirabel (while acting angelic towards everybody else) is the main reason for her resentment of her eldest sister. Yeah having a power that makes everyone idolise your sibling doesn’t help but Mirabel didn’t feel this way towards the rest of her gifted family members.

[@jojoslameerrand9305]

the hostility between Mirabel and Isabela is because they both want what the other has (grass is greener on the other side) Mirabel wants to be admired and loved and gifted like her sister, Isabela wants her freedom to do whatever she wants/the ability to choose to do things without having to think about how it might make her look.

[@slimjim5274]

My sister is idolized and I’m just there

[@gabrielleduplessis7388]

This film hit home for me because I have dealt with the same treatment Mirabel has. My parents like her supported me, but I was either always left out by my cousins and some feel that it is easier for me to stay behind vs. helping them. On the other hand, my mom and I have to do everything sometimes when it comes to family dinners,etc. it is a weird cycle. My Nana bullied me all of the time and it made me emphasize with Mirabel a bit. She treats my mom as a maid while she dotes on her other kids. Anyways, this movie hit home as I am sure it did for other people. I am glad the family came together and let go of their pride in the end and let Maribel back in again.

[@onebraincellarmy6972]

I just think Isabella was emulating Abuela‘a attitude towards her sister, since Isabella seems to look up to Abuela’s approval a lot.

[@gabrielleduplessis7388]

@@onebraincellarmy6972 that makes sense.

[@raecat9228]

This song deserves an Oscar. No joke.

[@JonahWho]

yes

[@Stan.Mozzarella]

Agreed

[@LuckyFullmetal]

his name was supose to be oscar xd

[@SuperSummer21]

We riot if this song does not get an Oscar!

[@manumanubs]

LMAO

[@roninharriet4886]

The song also ends saying "he's here!" Referring to Isabella's boyfriend, but also hinting that Bruno is still here

[@BlazeMakesGames]

Dolores's part is so amazing. There's a lot of great little details in the music like you said, but there's also the fact that not only does she say that she can hear him now, which is getting drowned out by the family's other singing whenever she does. But as a result of that she's the only one that actually speaks positively of him, taking note of how hard his power must be for him to handle and how everyone always assumes the worst from him. And then to top it all off. Bruno is actually in the background on the second floor of the house during her part, and he even bobs his head to the beat near the end of it.

[@bananachild7139]

Oh my days, I didn't notice until now that the language she uses is so much more understanding - "It's a heavy lift with a gift so humbling" "grappling with prophecies they couldn't understand" and so on!

[@nekovannox]

@@bananachild7139 And then she looks hopeful at Mirabel and asks "Do you understand?"

[@p0mp0mpudding-YT]

I’m pretty sure it was Camilo bobbing his head since Camilo’s Bruno was glowing green and was directly tied to the next shot. (Plus it could make more sense considering Dolores is his sister), but I won’t deny the possibility of it actually being Bruno jamming out. Plus it may have been Mariano she was singing(“I can hear him now”) about but it could honestly work for Bruno too. Kinda cool

[@neutronalchemist3241]

And consider that, of all the characters singing, she's the one that got the worst prediction from him, but she's the only one that doesn't blame him.

[@kurtisspeer3202]

She probably identifies the most with bruno. Everyone in the city knows she can hear them, all the time. She's probably judged, and to a certain extent ostracized, for her ability, like bruno was.

[@AlienToppedPancakes]

I love songs with sentences that has double meaning, kinda like "What's The Use Of Feeling Blue" but in this example "I associate him with the sound of falling sand, ch ch ch" can refer to the family being shush at every time they mention Bruno. But can also be literal by the amount of salt Bruno throws over his shoulder. And reference to his powers, the ability to look through the sands of time, creating the glass sheets with the visions engraved into it.

[@emilydegruise7970]

I love this!!! I hadn’t even thought of the salt or the family hushing. A favorite of mine is in surface pressure when she says “no cracks, no breaks” no breaks like the physical breaking, no breaking down, and no break from the pressure because it never ends.

[@kandy8588]

"I associate with the sound of falling sand" is such nice foreshadowing. It's literal because it's talking about the way that in Bruno's liar, sand is always falling when he tries uses his ability. It being so vague shows how Dolores doesn't know exactly what he does in there, he just knows that when he's in there, sand is falling

[@ocinidolegna]

big brain, thank you. i never thought about the “sh, sh, sh” part being mixed with the sand, the same way you talked about whats the use of feeling blue having double meaning. ty. i love this

[@svgstarlight]

i think what is definitely making camilo’s verse hit hard is the classic halloween-ghost-oooooo spooky melody going on in the back, really builds up bruno’s reputation as a boogeyman lol

[@therealmerryjest]

You forgot to highlight Dolores' second verse mirroring Isabella, hinting that she is in love with Mariano- but otherwise, great video, man!

[@JonahWho]

uh… i hope you mean Mariano

[@therealmerryjest]

@@JonahWho MARIANO, yes. See, this is what happens when I type responses without drinking my second cup of coffee- my brain turns to mush. Suddenly I turned the story from Gabriel Garcia Marquez to a Flannery O'Connor one.

[@JonahWho]

@@therealmerryjest lmao i was boutta say i didn't remember the sweet home colombia part of this movie XD

[@therealmerryjest]

@@JonahWho Oh gosh, now THAT is a nightmare sequence all of its own. One typo can open up the door to a thousand nightmares.

[@therealmerryjest]

@@JonahWho But, I am glad to see someone appreciates the sheer genius of this song as much as I do, I'm a professional opera singer and I love stuff like this- this number is a master class on how you compose a musical theater show-stopping number. Heck, the entire score, really- Lin Manuel takes the use of the leitmotif to Sondheim-levels here. Like: -How the first thing that comes out of Anuela's mouth musically is the melodic line that will come back as 'Dos Oruguitas', hinting that although she is talking about the present, the tragedy and trauma of her past loss is still hanging over her. -How Mirabel's "Waiting for a Miracle" is a melodically transformed "la Familia Madrigal", showing that she is uncertain about where she fits in the family as a whole. -Or how, during Isabella's "What Else Can I Do?" , Maribel sings the melody of "He told me that the life of my dreams..." at Isabela, because Isabela is finally 'waking up' to who she really is. The other amazing thing about "We Don't Talk About Bruno" is that it's a Variations On A Ground- all of the characters sing their individual sections over the same chord progression, but each section is a different melodic and rhythmic variation- that's how they all fit so well together at the end when Miranda brings them in. But I think the way that Dolores echos Isabella immediately after is particularly heartbreaking, considering the circumstances. I don't think people have realized just what a cohesive, organic and overall brilliant score this movie has.

[@nimansabandara6361]

Camilo's voice came as very strong and flavorful some parts of his verse that make it so satisfing to hear 🔥

[@REDOYSTERCULT302]

Chefs kiss

[@nimansabandara6361]

@@REDOYSTERCULT302 Happy new year bud

[@REDOYSTERCULT302]

@@nimansabandara6361 happi nue yee

[@superkamiguru4615]

I read somewhere that his voice actor isn’t even a singer!! Blows my mind bc his voice is amazing 🔥👌🏼

[@AdelioNightstorm]

Totally agree with Camilo being an underused character, and his part of this song is a total banger. I kept going back to hear his lines over and over.

[@texas-red8457]

Yeah it’s just something about his part

[@ST4RB0M]

we seriously need more of every character, especially from Dolores and camilo i NEED a song from them, their struggles, how they feel, their insecurities isa and Luisa's songs were amazing but i just wish we got a little more time with everyone to learn more about them from a movie about generational trauma it would've been amazing to hear how everyone's gift affects them negatively or makes it difficult to just be themselves like Isabela, Luisa and Mirabel

[@JC_Cali]

You literally named at the top my 2 fav characters lol

[@heatherheath3834]

For Camilo, I just need that sweet angst and the meaning of his character in relation to generational trauma of like being one of the youngest, of having to be what everyone wants from you, rather than yourself, cause nobody has time to deal with your issues because it seems like everyone around you is dealing with stuff so much worse, so you do what you can to make them smile and lighten their loads, rather than dealing with any of your own issues.

[@ST4RB0M]

@@heatherheath3834 YES ABSOLUTELY i adore this, even if it's just a fan song i would love to see the potential they gave him put to use

[@heatherheath3834]

@@ST4RB0M Idk if I have the talent haha but I'd love to see somebody take that and roll with it xx

[@quaxlyquixote4003]

Camilo has been described as "a boy who doesn't know who he is yet". I'd like to see more of him and how his gift may have changed his self-perception (if that's the right word)

[@JonahWho]

edit: out of all my videos, of course the one that gets copyright claimed for using a song blows past 200k views. salty doesn’t begin to cover it. so if you enjoyed… like and subscribe and hit the bell, maybe?

[@alextheaussie161]

Hey when you watch all the Dreamworks movies you haven’t seen yet, can you make a DreamWorks ranking video, but first you have to look on the list of DreamWorks movies and watch all of them and then you do the DreamWorks ranking list video understood.

[@JonahWho]

i’ll think about it

[@nah9935]

Your review on the song is fire. I believe the phrase you were trying to say was ‘I’ll eat my words”.

[@rachelfiter9542]

@@JonahWho I loved we don't talk about Bruno to but my favourite would have to be two oruiguitas I cried at the scene did you like it too

[@JonahWho]

@@rachelfiter9542 yeah, that scene was beautiful

[@the-ma-an]

Spoilers below about Pepa's part It's revealed later that what Bruno said during her wedding wasn't a vision, and was just him trying to cheer her up with a joke. The line "Bruno walked in with a mischievous grin" indicates he was smiling, which I imagine was because he was holding back laughter. And then he says "this looks like rain", which was likely meant to be a joke in reference to Pepa's weather powers and the fact that she was sweating. However, we've seen how much stress Pepa's weather powers cause her, and saying that joke when she's already anxious about her wedding would not have the good results Bruno hoped for, hence the hurricane.

[@gordonramsayslambsauce]

The hood he was wearing in that scene also might represent him as Hernando, where he doesn't have to be himself and can rely on his self-developed counterpart to do it for him

[@Deadflower019]

@@gordonramsayslambsauce ah Hernando. Second only to Jorge (he makes the spackle).

[@stingerjohnny9951]

@@Deadflower019 The true hero of the film

[@dots_com1386]

My favourite song is Surface Pressure. That first chorus when the music cuts out and it’s just her voice with that line “pressure like a drip, drip, drip that’ll never stop” hit me so hard when I saw it in theatres. It’s the one I relate to and the visuals are reminiscent of Aladdin’s Friend Like Me. I had it on repeat the whole day yesterday along with We Don’t Talk About Bruno which is such a ride! I love canon/different motifs layered on top of each other. Also the sass and the vibe of the whole song was great.

[@sunsun9998]

I like surface pressure, we don’t talk about Bruno has to be my fave though because it’s SO FULL! Surface pressure comes second :))

[@suus-arido393]

The part that always gets me is when you hear Dolores sing: to another, another during the mash-up. Followed by: and I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm fine. Girl, you're not fine. It's also interesting that Isabella joins her.

[@hysaira]

and isabella sings "i'll be fine" instead of "i'm fine" in the end too

[@cocosolis8240]

Fun fact, you assumed camilo had 10 minutes of screentime. He has 6 minutes actually, and doesn't have lines for all of those minutes :(

[@julianatruite5206]

And he still managed to be one of the biggest fan favorites. This boy is too powerful.

[@Sabrina-hb3sm]

​@@julianatruite5206 its kind of sad tbh, camilo was barely even in the movie and yet he's the most popular. so many great female main characters were in that movie and yet they're completely disregarded

[@yaboihuey5298]

@@Sabrina-hb3sm it’s because everyone’s always more interested in the characters with the least screen time, and bonus points if they think they’re hot.

[@julianatruite5206]

@@Sabrina-hb3sm I think having little screen time makes him alluring because it gives the fans a lot of space to create his personality and story. Dolores is almost as loved by the fans as him and she gets about the same amount of screen time. However, I don't think people *care* about Camilo or Dolores the same way they do Mirabel, specifically because they are more conceptual while Mirabel, her sisters and even Abuela are fleshed out characters the fans can relate to and build a relationship with. The way I see, Mirabel is a favorite everyday food, while Camilo is a fancy dish you order on special occasions. (Odd metaphor, but you get it 😅)

[@Sabrina-hb3sm]

@@julianatruite5206 u explained this well! i see what u mean haha

[@HulittyJing]

Awww, you skipped Dolores' part after Isabela's. I love how she sings the same melody, but while Isabela ascends, Dolores descends, connecting their prophecies. It's a real cool musical foreshadowing because it also tricks you into thinking Isa's dream life is keeping Dolore's love away from her, but the truth is much more complex than that.

[@zeehighness9310]

Dolores has a beautiful voice

[@kriyamahurkar7483]

Waiiittt i loved that part sm tooo

[@hrayz]

No one ever comments about Bruno telling his young niece (she'd be 10yo or less at the time) that the "man of her dreams would be just out of reach, betrothed to another". Nice thing to tell a kid!

[@kam-if5rn]

Anyone else noticed that when Dolores is singing her verse, we see a "Green-eyed" figure walking along the second floor, then dancing to her verse? Her scene in this song just foreshadows so much about Bruno.

[@SpagettiSpeltWrong]

He was vibing.

[@theresechan2338]

He's too far away to see his eye color, but he's certainly backlit with a green light that somehow simultaneously contrasts with the yellows and browns in the scene but also blends in if you're not looking for it so it's easy to miss

[@elicharissedr]

ohmygod i've never felt so validated uGHHH YES CAMILO WENT HARD and damn you explained how the song felt is so theatrical! The visuals and the music really worked really well here and couldn't have worked better if apart

[@carlososoriohernandez3979]

This song is my favorite of the movie

[@hcanimation4102]

Mine to 😀

[@destinysstars2365]

Same

[@imperviousnoobs2399]

Same here

[@Harrygaga2011]

Same the best one

[@thirty_ish2890]

Definitely! Mine too. The next best one is probably Luisa’s song. That’s a bop. And the Spanish song at the end 💔

[@browngirlhali9865]

Isabela's verse is one of the most important one in the song when you see the overall music. She's saying how Bruno "prophesied" that she would have the life of her dreams and her powers would grow. Mirabel understands that with "everything that Bruno predicts happens " but what Isabela is trying to say is that, her prophecy, up till that point, wasn't fulfilled. And all while putting this perfect facade. It also shows how Mirabel goes so hard on her sister bc when she hears that she could think "oh so not all of Bruno's prophecy are bad" but, bc Isabela's "perfectness" isn't good to her, she sees as bad thing

[@locsoluv94]

There is also the perspective that Isabela believes that Bruno's prophecy will come true if she just keeps up the perfect facade and does what she's told. She's later trying to convince herself that she's fine. This must be what "the life of my dreams" is supposed to look like.

[@kayshawntitaylor4053]

I've thought about her lyrics a few ways. I love this song so much because you can take the lyrics to mean different things.

[@ghosty8193]

I know Lin wants to grow past Hamilton, but 'We don't talk about Bruno' is like a Hamilton song on steroids and I mean that in the best way. It's like he took all his skills and put them into one song.

[@saraluciaforerogarcia]

The reason for that it's because it actually uses tons of beats and rythms from all of Colombia's regions

[@Corkboardconspiracy]

I kind of associate it with Non-Stop. Just a lil

[@blazaking2176]

Definitely gave me Lottery vibes from in the heights with all the individual mashup singing in the end

[@madisonsherrie7793]

When I heard the overlapping verses in the end, I was so happy to hear Lin’s touch to the song. I knew he wrote the music beforehand, but I wasn’t expecting to recognize it as his style.

[@milkshakedraws6944]

The songs in Encanto are incredibly good, I’m genuinely shocked how little people talk about them besides for We Don’t Talk About Bruno. Surface Pressure is phenomenal, the way that Luisa is shown to care about Mirabel, the quick changes in setting, fantastic. Waiting on a Miracle is so powerful and the lyrics, colors, and voice of Mirabel are all so amazing. What Else Can I Do, while not as great, is still an amazing song that boosts the story forward in such a short time, yet fully convincing the viewer it happens. Family Madrigal is so colorful and full of energy, a fantastic opener to a movie.

[@enjoeymusic]

Still the one (pre)nominated to the Oscars was "Dos Oruguitas". I dont understand how these awards work...

[@benjisaac]

@@enjoeymusic dos oruguitas fucking slaps and makes me cry so

[@DarkFoxKirin]

Actually Family Madrigal is probably my least favorite. I liked the others in your order tho.

[@milkshakedraws6944]

@@DarkFoxKirin My order is: We Don’t Talk About Bruno Surface Pressure Waiting on a Miracle What Else Can I Do Family Madrigal, it’s also my least favorite but I don’t hate it all

[@DarkFoxKirin]

@@milkshakedraws6944 Same, but for Family Madrigal, I don't hate it, but I don't really like it either.

[@bamstudiosYT]

I agree, but “Surface Pressure” deserves more recognition. It’s such a bop and amazing visuals and very relatable. Great video 👌

[@electro.dash.666x7]

Not enough epople talk about the "HE'S HERE!" part. Even though logically its about Isabela's boyf, in the context of a song talking about a supposed antogonist (not really) it sounds CREEPY and POWERFUL and I LOVE IT.

[@theywalkinguptoyouand4060]

Quite a few people are. Here and in the comment section of the music video

[@mulduls]

If they did, like, a spin-off series (like with Big Hero 6 and Tangled) but focusing on the other side of the family, so Camilo and Dolores would be the main characters, I would LOVE to see that.

[@Werty5271]

A lot of people I feel like missed the irony in Isabella's verse; she talks about how a life that she wants will be promised and her power will grow. We can assume that her power hasn't grown outside of pretty flowers because she's so surprised when she grows a cactus, she's never done that and therefore; her power is growing. She's not happy in the moment she's singing, not really rubbing it in, but moreso joining in with the family saying, "he promised me a good life but that still hasn't come yet."

[@siberiasian]

the choreography, the funny lyrics, the plot progression, everything is amazing

[@sheevpalpatine6139]

It's great but I personally love Surface Pressure more. Its hit me hard.

[@JonahWho]

i get that. song slaps. Jessica Darrow was amazing.

[@RuiFanTier]

Waiting for a miracle is for me

[@lonniegabbie]

@@JonahWho a video of this nature about Surface Pressure would be really awesome 🤔

[@JonahWho]

@@lonniegabbie maybe 🤔

[@sfmhero0127]

Same!!

[@foxpokemonforever4775]

Dolores’ section is iconic. I love her. Also this whole song is so musical theatre-y and I love it. Easily makes top three out of all of Encanto’s songs.

[@gabrielleduplessis7388]

Also, due to his experience in theater, I could picture this film as a broadway musical. The movie is set up like a stage and each song adds to the character’s personality, motivations, and add to the story which made me love it more.

[@iantaakalla8180]

This basically is an animated theater project given that it has the same property as many other musicals that you can get the story by listening to the soundtrack. Just by knowing the songs you can say that it’s a story where Mirabel lacks magic but the magic users aren’t better off because of pressure to use their gifts to help their little town and to be perfect (as per Luisa’s and Isabella’s songs) and by reconciliation with each other they get their magic house back, which was Bruno’s prophecy (which you can infer is one of Bruno’s prophecies based on the emphasis placed on Bruno in We Don’t Talk About Bruno and the building of the house in the last song). If you know Spanish, that also takes care of Abuela’s motivation for being so hard on the family and thus why Mirabel is nervous to announce she doesn’t have anything in The Family Madrigal and then reveals she wants a Gift in the next song, and also the existence of Luisa’s and Isabella’s songs. Thus, you now have working knowledge of Encanto’s story without knowing the details, like Bruno’s room being a sandy cliff, the house itself having a personality to the point of treadmills and gesticulating banner flags, the fiasco just after We Don’t Talk About Bruno, or the in-between of the house. It’s that much of a musical.

[@gabrielleduplessis7388]

@@iantaakalla8180 exactly. Great explanation.

[@crcoghill]

it has a lot of replay ability in the song number because all the lyrics, the scenes and character growth is shown through out the song and i love it. like seriously: Isabela's powers growing and knowing about Bruno in the walls is such a clever foreshadowing. also love Camilo just booping in the background of Dolores's verse.

[@acroissant3721]

I think the person dancing in the background of Dolores's verse is actually Bruno, I'd have to rewatch it to be sure though

[@ruikasasfixer]

@@acroissant3721 yep its bruno

[@sophiatalksmusic3588]

One thing I noticed on a rewatch was how some of the characters have their own leitmotifs that show up both in a song associated with them and a song about the family as a whole. Luisa has a bit in her song that also shows up at the end, Isabela has one that shows up in her song and the end, as well as "We Don't Talk About Bruno," and Mirabel reprises a bit from the opening at the end, possibly to reflect her character arc. However, I think the most interesting one is the Abuela's, because she has a line in the opening song that parallels a moment in "Dos Oruguitas." This song is about her and her husband, but it's interesting in that while the full song plays in the background, she sings part of the melody in the beginning, perhaps to symbolize how she views the family's gifts as a result of her own past? I'd love to see a full musical analysis of this film.

[@simbahunter8894]

Because of the pandemic, and problems with studios, it's just by happenstance that all of these films came out about the same time. LMM has actually been working on these projects for the last ten years. He spent the most time on Vivo! BTW his name is pronounced "Man-well", not "Manual" as opposed to automatic.

[@ryanhartzell7089]

Camilo’s vocal fry in “Hereeeee” is so amazing, that paired with what comes right after is just great!

[@mr.preston1632]

“7 foot frame, rats along his back, when he calls you name it all fades to black” Is such a good line ( but Bruno is definitely not 7 foot )

[@jessicamiller5536]

But the last time he saw him was when he was a young child so now as a teen probaly felt like 7ft especially if he was scared of him

[@Manpag]

I think that's kind of the point; this song is a showcase of how exaggerated details can become. Bruno is infamous, so myths about him pop up. People don't talk about Bruno, so there's no-one to correct them.

[@DiscoKing02]

This song really reminds me of 96,000 from In the Heights (both the movie and original stage version). Both are absolutely incredible songs, and are easily some of the best musical numbers out there. Lin's work is always stunning, and the vocalists and actors always bring it to life perfectly.

[@skylar7720]

It definitely has to be Lins gift to write songs with a lot of overlap because they are always just so amazing. Like Non Stop from Hamilton

[@naomistading8673]

Yes!! This comment!

[@aeh5109]

This and Surface Pressure keep popping in my head all the time

[@h0pscotch]

yes ohmygosh this song has not left me alone since i first heard it, it's in my head 24/7, this video was perfect aaaaa i agree with everything here literal fire

[@dianacruz3274]

This song is such a huge hit because it's combined different Latin beats with a variety of voices. Which Lin is so good at and I love!

[@EtamirTheDemiDeer]

This song singlehandedly convinced me to watch the movie and has been on loop ever since it first blessed my eardrums

[@sarah-df8rj]

something i havent seen anyone talk about yet is how isabela's verse in we dont talk about bruno is in the same tune as mirabel's "you just seem like your life's been a dream since the moment you opened your eyes" in what else can i do!! it's a cool little musical callback to bruno's prophecy that the life of isabela's dreams, which everyone thought was getting married , is now truly being achieved as she lets herself go and stops holding herself to the standard of perfection :)

[@DidrickNamtvedt]

I noticed that too, it's very interesting how Lin-Manuel connects those songs together. He also did it in Moana with the theme melody of "How Far I'll Go" appearing in the reprise of the song and again in the climax of "I Am Moana".

[@iskandarishak8998]

Isabela's part in 'All of You' also has the same tune! The "It's a dream when we work as a team" sounds identical to "He told me that the life of my dreams" in We Don't Talk About Bruno.

[@ivycream7228]

Fun fact: In case you didn't notice, Bruno was in the background when Dolores was singing her lines.

[@simone910]

That was Camilo

[@catpawclan]

one of the funniest little details i enjoy about this scene is how Mariano and his family are slowly dancing up the walkway with abuela. it's so easy to miss and it's such a cute detail.

[@Nobody-dy3oe]

I love how in the part where they sing together the lauder somebody is more that person is lying, for example, Camilo loudly sings how Bruno is 7ft tall while Bruno isn't much taller than Camilo meanwhile you have to focus really hard to hear Dolores' part bc she is mostly telling the truth how she heard him in the wall and when she sings "And I'm fine" she is loud so that means she is lying. Somebody else pointed this out and I thought it was really cool.

[@henriquecarballoaranha9100]

I like how towards the end, a bit after Mariano aarives, tha family says "He's Here!". In the context of the scene its refering to Mariano, but also serves as subtle foreshadowing that Bruno never left.

[@julianatruite5206]

Camilo's verse is a freaking banger and I love how he uses different pitches and tones which is a nice nod to his shapeshifting ability

[@Omnywrench]

Another thing I noticed with Camilo's part- in addition to the song's regular instruments, there's an addition of what sounds like either a theremin or a musical saw (if you don't know what what those sound like, they're used to make that soft "ooooo-OOOOO-oooooo" sounds that often accompanies flying saucers in cartoons), providing a touch of spooky, ethereal glissando to Camilo's singing, which fits both the tone of the verses and Camilo's love for the dramatic.

[@ermacmacro7136]

I love how this song is meant to be the villain song, but the villain is just everybody Shooting the Messenger

[@schketchy]

This song is so Broadway. It’s like if nonstop from hamilton and 9600 from in the heights had a movie song child

[@sammyjaohnson5631]

I like how veryones depiction of bruno is diffrent camilo makes bruno sound haunting and creepy like a boogy man felix and pepa part makes bruno sound sinister like a man who waits for a bad vision to come so he could deliver the bad news like its funny or amusing Dolores makes bruno sound like a person who is always around but some how is not which disturbs and scares her it's just cool

[@beyondviolet]

You didn’t mention Dolores briefly singing about Bruno after Isabela’s part, I really loved that too because the slightly heavy beat juxtaposed with her soft voice was so nice to hear

[@ohohoho249]

let's be honest here, Encanto NEEDS to have its own series since god damn, all the family members are so intriguing and I really wish that we can know all of them more Also Bruno Hardcore Jamming to the music in the background and Maribel being cased aside in the shadow while everyone else is dancing and singing are just such nice details

[@ayudantedesanta4335]

Actually Colombia being not such a big country has a record guiness for the quantity of rythms there. Lin Mirando had a lot of material to be inspired from. From Shakira to Carlos Vives, Juanes, J Balvin, Kali Uchis, Lido Pimienta and native rythms there like salsa, cumbia or vallenato.

[@salmondon7592]

Anyone else noticed Isabela singing “I’m fine” many times during the overlapping part after the beat drop, so much foreshadowing and I discover something new when rewatching or listening. I can’t get over how good this song is

[@letscarpethisdiem1988]

We don’t talk about Bruno reminds me so much of nonstop from Hamilton. Like that is just such a beautiful number and I’m so happy that Disney now has their own version. Gosh I love LMM

[@z-herb8006]

The best part is that it pushes the story forward, both by showing more personality of each main side character, setting up the dinner for the next scene and also how Bruno is actually precieved with his family and town, it's just genius

[@enyalim1535]

Can we talk about the part at the end where everyone is singing their verses, Dolores and Isabella also sang "I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm fine" at different pitch in the background once their verses ends, like both are trying to convince themselves that, which is such a neat way to hint their true feelings about their situation. I absolutely love that part

[@wafran3396]

8:50 Curious fact about this: The visuals in the song of Luisa (The strong one) has tons of Colombian references, for example, the snowy cliff she is hold on to is "el nevado del ruis"

[@hcanimation4102]

You explained the masterpiece that this fire song is so well 👏🙂. And same I have not been able to stop thinking and listening to this amazing song.

[@NoobRoots]

I seriously think that Isabela talking about her prophecy being someday she will get “the life of her dreams” and her powers growing refers to her later letting go of her perfect self and being free/her creating stuff other than perfect flowers

[@draw.fresss1341]

This is by far the best song from Disney I have ever let enter my ear drums it’s so simple but complicated to the point where I can’t stop listening to it.

[@kuromiLayfe]

What if Camilo actually has the most and he has been shapeshifting into tons of characters in the background

[@LadyDragoncat]

I demand that "We Don't Talk About Bruno" be nominated for Best Song... and WIN!!! Who's with me?

[@emi_hi1233]

I take the part as myself and the rest of the world and say we all agree

[@camronross]

@@emi_hi1233 you can't do that

[@emi_hi1233]

@@camronross it’s a joke-

[@ruikasasfixer]

me ig

[@Jr837_]

Come on, dont even have to ask

[@ggiazalea]

I thought it was only me that has been OBSESSED with this song and have listened to it dozens of times-

[@elhector83]

The song gets into your brain and gives you an itch that is only relieved when you open KZbin and listen to it at full volume.

[@noodle6852]

I love the way Disney animated Camilos transformations, I expected there to be smears or something but you can’t catch a frame where he’s between the two, they straight up just switch his model out mid-movement and it looks so snappy I love it.

[@wolfiegirlxox]

I listend to the soundtrack on loup for days before I saw the movie and when you hear it in context it's just like hearing the whole thing new all over again and the *visuals* are stunning and just add to the song so much. When you watch it you can tell that everyone involved took so much care and detail into making it them best. Disney knew this was going to be fire and it was

[@yatofia]

“I think Schraffrillas production has covered that… enough” LMAOO i love that part

[@sla-un6ug]

Thank you so much for your analysis, especially about Camilo’s part! I love all the songs from Encanto, but this one definitely sticks out. Not only is it a banger, it gives us so much information about all the characters and their relationships with one another. That being said, I really feel like I need to stand in defense of Vivo here! I personally don’t believe that any song from Vivo is as good as We don’t talk about Bruno, but in my opinion they’re still solid songs. I especially love the opening number, it’s so catchy! I understand why people don’t LOVE Vivo (heck, I don’t!) but I still think it’s a fairly good movie with good music, and with a very good “musical” structure, which many Disney movies actually lack (strong opening number, then a song about a relationship between two characters, an I want song, etc, etc, and then a closing song which mirrors the opening). I didn’t mean this comment to be this long, for which I’m sorry, but I feel like Vivo is getting so little recognition for it’s worth.

[@MariAnimates]

You're right, shit slapped so hard Bruno was bopping in the bg during Dolores' part

[@jesiharpercardosa8144]

I’m so surprised you didn’t mention Dolores last little part before the crescendo/beat drop…it’s pretty important storytelling

[@imanicarter4422]

also when you look up on the gallery area when Dolores is singing you can see Bruno dancing along to her singing

[@HobGungan]

I'm torn. On the one hand, the Bruno we got is my favorite character in the film, and I love how it's a total subversion of what the movie built him up as and I think his significance is really meaningful on a number of levels. But there's a part of me, the part of me who looooooves Disney Villains and laments the lack of scenery-chewing "bad-as-I-wanna-be" main story antagonists in recent Disney Canon entries, that wishes we could have gotten the Bruno from Camilo's verse.

[@ZwarteKonijn]

I feel exactly the same! I love Bruno's character, but I also love Camilo's Bruno character design so much! Would've loved an evil version as well, it looked so cool and theatrical.

[@BelleMichele99]

Camilo is so handsome and funny he deserves his own little short or mini series, would love to see more from the side characters like him and Dolores. the little baby boy would be a great option on starting a series on Disney Junior almost like Go Diego Go where the kid goes around saving animals and going on other adventures!! can’t wait to see what they do with this movie, soooo much potential!!!

[@junipest9291]

I love how different everyone's verse is, yet they all coalesce so nicely. Each character has a certain way their verse is sung, and it's always drastically different than the last. Like the way it shifts from Dolores' to Camilo's. Dolores is quickly whispering her verse and it gives off a very calm or quiet vibe, then Camilo comes in almost yelling his verse. It keeps the viewer on their toes

[@timothy-gi1rz]

i still dont understand during the last part of the song when the madrigals dancing aroung mirabel, why the villager with the dead fish is included but then switched to Dolores

[@JonahWho]

i noticed that too… cinemasins will probably talk about that

[@thehealerofagroupp4nd422]

I had a feeling that Manuel had a part in making a lot of the hit songs like "We Don't Talk About Bruno". A lot of the songs are paced and sound very musical worthy, especially that one song in particular. The way they all describe Bruno in their own experiences both true and misunderstood, good and bad, it shows how in-depth he is as gives us some thought about why he may have left before it was confirmed.

[@KyleRayner12]

As someone who loved Hamilton, this reminded me a lot of "Non-Stop," particularly at the end when all the verses start coming together. My favorite part of the song's structure, though, is the progression through the first half. We start with Bruno's sister, who knows him well and blames him for a specific incident that he arguably (accidentally) caused. Then we move to an older cousin, who knew him briefly and finds him creepy, but knows he's human. Then Camilo, who's young enough to not remember him, goes all-out on the horror because he's had to imagine Bruno from what other people say about him. Then we get the townsfolk, who technically knew Bruno, but didn't have a family connection to him and have created the general atmosphere of suspicion and gossip around him.

[@anomienormie8126]

This song is what made me watch the movie. I’m obsessed. I rewatched this scene so many times and paused for every frame. It’s stuck in my head now. I’m literally getting emotional watching this.

[@leerey7823]

I love Encanto but i have seen it way to many times its literally my baby sisters favorite and ever since it was on Disney plus we have watched it twice a day i remembered we dont talk about brunos lyrics to! also nice review!

[@ZestiestZach]

You forgot to mention how at the end when they all say “HES HERE” they aren’t just talking about Mariano they’re also foreshadowing Bruno still being in the house

[@jeilee3860]

I wasn’t expecting this movie to be a musical. And it wasn’t until this song that I realized the songs were progressing the plot. Rewatching the movie makes the songs so much better because you know what it all means at the end. I also loved that Mirabel didn’t want to disrupt the party but she say Luisa’s door fading and decided helping to save the magic couldn’t wait.